Context
Which general captured a Confederate rail hub in Atlanta?
William T. Sherman
Where did the March to the Sea begin?
Atlanta
What was the collapse of the Confederacy a result of?
lack of food, war materials, and resources
How did former soldiers rebuild their lives after the war?
Received education and training
How did Sherman aim to cripple the South's war effort/morale?
Destroy railroads, crops, factories, and supplies
Where was the end point of the March to the Sea?
Savannah
How did the Confederacy violate the rights of southern citizens?
the Confederacy implemented drafting laws (forced men 18-35 to serve at least 3 years) and impressment laws (took away food and private property for below market value prices) which resulted in starved poor, white southerners
Why were former confederate soldiers forced to leave their homes?
Lack of government, no home to return to, and no means of supporting themselves
What was Sherman's specific plan to destroy the south?
March Union troops from Atlanta to Savannah
Where did General Lee surrender?
Appomattox Court House in Virginia
How did citizens in the south react to the impressment of their property?
They began to hoard goods and even impersonate impressment agents to steal from others.
What years following the war were former confederate soldiers getting heavily involved in politics?
1865-1877
How many Union soldiers planned to march in Sherman's campaign?
60,000 soldiers.
Who was the General of the Northern Path after the capture of Atlanta?
General Slocum
The loss of which general was detrimental to the Confederacy?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Why did many slave owners fall into poverty after the war?
land values lowered, and debts rose without slavery
The style of warfare that targeted factories, railroads, and crops was called what?
Total war
What did General Sherman state he wanted Georgia to feel?
He wanted Georgia to "feel the hand of war."
How did the Confederacy officially come to an end?
It took several months after Appomattox for all the Confederate armies to surrender, and still the war was not declared at an end until Texas formed a new state government that accepted the abolition of slavery in August 1866
Name all three locations mentioned where prisoners of war were kept
Fort Delaware, Fort Warren, and Point Lookout